from course to career
BIM career pathways
How a level of the BIM academy becomes a job, a portfolio and, over time, a global career.
five steps
Learn, show, apply, perform, create value
- Learn. Take a level and pass the checks.
- Show. Add your model and your checklist to your portfolio.
- Apply. Work on a real campus task with a mentor.
- Perform. Your work is checked against our standard and given a record.
- Create value. Take paid model, coordination and audit jobs from our own campus programme and from other builders around the world.
six career steps
Roles by level
| Career step | Levels | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Site and drafting support | L1 to L2 | Learn the vocabulary, read models and keep records. First jobs: site helper, drafting assistant. |
| Modeller | L3 | Build rooms and details to LOD 200. Roles: junior BIM modeller, space planner assistant. |
| Coordinator and quantity technician | L4 | Run clash checks and produce quantities at LOD 300. |
| Fabrication and planning specialist | L5 | Prepare factory-ready models and link them to time and cost. |
| BIM manager | L6 | Write the plan, run the shared model and audit others. |
| Head of standards and digital twin architect | L7 | Own a network of campuses and link models to live data. |
portfolio
What goes in your portfolio
- Your best model from each level, with its checklist.
- An issue list that shows how you found and fixed problems.
- A short note on what you would do differently.
- Your credits and the mentor who reviewed your work.
around the world
The same standard, anywhere
The campus standard is the same everywhere and local annexes cover local rules. A modeller trained in one country can take work in another by reading the local annex.
Learning material, not a design or safety instruction. Real buildings are designed and signed off by licensed professionals under local rules.